Have you tried searching on Amazon.com or Ebay? Pay close attention to the copyright dates. I hope this helps...

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Try ebay. Put this listing number in the search box: 110560171466. It is a reproduction from a 1950 cookbook with a red cover.Hope this helps.

I have tried Ebay and Amazon. But she doesn't recognize the exact cover. The problem is the cookbooks don't give an idea of what recipes are in it for her to recognize. We're hoping someone will recognize them here. But thank you.

KeLee23:

Hi. I'm looking for a very old Betty Crocker cookbook for my mom. It was her moms'. My mom was born in 1955 and she remembers the cookbook from when she was little, so its old. The cover was RED. Some of the recipes in it were... Half Moon Cookies, Jello Cookies, Caraway Cookies,  and NO-bake Cookies. These are some of the recipes she remembers. Please help if you can. We've been looking for this book for 10 years now. Thank you.

Hi KeLee23:

Just sent Linda in Customer Service your post. Here was her response:

Out 1955 cookbook is red but it does not contain any of the recipes using the names she mentioned.  The 1956 and 1961 books are not red.  The 1969 is too new.  Since she said red I would suggest she ask her mother if it was Red and White check/plaid.  If so, it was Better Homes & Gardens and I’d place my bets that is the book she had.

Sincerely, Cate

I have a very old red plaid Better Homes and Gardens Cookbook, however it does not have the recipes you have listed. I believe it belonged to my aunt who would be in her eighties now. I only starts on chaper 2 and the front cover is missing.

A few years ago, they republished this cookbook.  You might try looking on abebooks.com 

I have found lots of books there that I couldn't find anywhere else.

I also have a Betty Crocker's New Picture Cookbook that i purchased in 1968 when I graduated from high school. It would have been turquoise at the top, yellow in the middle and pinkish rose (red) at the bottom. But, it does not have these recipes listed either. Sorry to say it is in sad shape and I do not have a publish date.

There is a Betty Crocker's New Picture Cookbook listed on abebooks.com, number 13814.  Have you Mom look at this picture to see if it rings bells.

Sorry to be such a bother. I have a reprint of the red Betty Crocker's Picture Cookbook. The only recipe listed is for caraway cookies and it is a sugar cookie recipe omitting vanilla, sift 1/2 tsp nutmeg with the dry ingredients and mix 1 tsp caraway seeds in the dough. I purchased it through Rodale books.

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that was so sweet of you to do that for your mom

In today's newspaper, there is an article about "Get Back to Culinary Basics". In it they are stating there is a brand new edition "Betty Homes New Cookbook"  It is a red plaid book. Perhaps you and your Mom could go to a book store to see if any of the recipes she may remember is listed there.

I am sharing information just so you can eliminate some books from your search. I checked for the recipes you mentioned and the are not in the following cookbooks I have on hand:

Betty Crocker Cookbook  Red cover  printed 1976

Betty Crocker Cookbook Red Cover printed 1980

Better Homes and Gardens New Cookbook Red Gingham / Plaid Red and White Cover 1952  and 1962

I have more books in my attic , I will keep checking.

This is like a treasure hunt, hope we find the TREASURE !!

I have a Red Cover Betty Crocker Cookbook that I received as a wedding gift in 1970 and it is the only cookbook I use. Mine is a solid red cover and it says it is the TEXT EDITION Betty Crocker's Cookbook.  On the front cover it shows a circle divided into 6 wedges and pictures of cheese fondue, chocolate cake with white  frosting, a salad, soup, roast, and cracker and cheese tray. The cookbook has a solid red cover, and is about 2 inches thick. When you open it, the pages are on metal rings that open to take the pages out.

I looked for the cookies you mentioned and my edition does not have them, so maybe the book you want was published before 1970? (I was born in 1951, so I am close to your mom's age)

On the back cover, it says that the cookbook I have is a revision to the BETTY CROCKER'S PICTURE COOKBOOK, a best seller for more than two decades.  I suspect the one your then looking for is that.

Do a search on BETTY CROCKER'S PICTURE COOKBOOK, printed prior to 1970.

My cookbook was distributed by Webster Division, McGraw-Hill Book company, then it lists:

St. Louis, New York, San Francisco, Dallas, Toronto, London, Sydney, Mexico, and Panama.

Hope you can find the cookbook for your mom... the older versions are the BEST!  Mine is falling apart, but I grab it all of the time for those old fashion recipes.

Thank you all for your help and the effort you've put in. We've found more out on this, than all the specialty bookstores and internet searches we've done in the last 10 years. So we really appreciate it. Were gonna check out The Better Homes and Garden New Edition 1968 Cookbook. Someone said they recognized some of the recipes and it might be in it. Now we just have to find a copy we can check out. Hopefully it is(than I can make my mom make those Christmas cookies from when I was little.) Thank you again and I'll keep checking in.

Has anyone checked the Betty Crocker Cooky Book.  (Yes, on the cover it is spelled Cooky, not cookie.)  This book also has a predominately red cover.  My copy is in storage for now but is coming out soon.  I will check it for these recipes.  If someone else out there has a copy if this book check it out.  Happy searching!

I am close to your moms age and I remember the half moon cookies and the Jello Cookies too. Unfortunately I do not have my moms cook books but I will check with my niece and see if she does. I would love to make some of those again too. I will let you know if I find them.

Hi KeLee23!

I went to my storage locker and got my Betty Crocker Cooky Book and my Betty Crocker Picture Cookbook.  Please ask your mother for clarification on her recipes.  I found several "no-bake" cookie recipes and Greek Easter Cookies that call for forming into "half-moon" shapes.  I also found cookies that call for pudding mix (from Jello).  Could these be her "Jello" cookies or are they supposed to have Jello gelatin in the dough?  I also found Almond Crescent cookies (half-moon shaped) and caraway cookies in the Betty Crocker Picture Cookbook.  The Betty Crocker Cooky Book was originally printed in 1963 with a reprint in 2002.  The Betty Crocker Picture Cookbook was originally printed in 1950 with a reprint in 1998.  Please let me know if this information is helpful.   Happy hunting!